Holder for printing-plates and the like.



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CHARLES OWENS AND ULYSSES LEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO MONTAGUE LING MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

HOLDER FOR PRINTING-PLATES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Original application filed January 26, 1909, Serial No. 504,584. Divided and this application filed July 18,

' 1910. Serial No. 572,610.

To all it may concern:

Be it known that we; CHARLES OwENe and i I veniently received from the machine packed in a certain order and may be fed to the machine in the same order.

The present case is a division of that filed byus January 26, 1909, 504,584. r

In the accompanying rawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a tray, drawer or holder embodying our invention; Fig. 2 s an end View; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views of a follower block which is'used in the tray Flg. 5 is a perspective view of the tray.

In carrying out our invention, we provide a holder or tray for the plates of channel form, having a bottom and a side wall along each longitudinal edge, said side walls extending up substantially at right angles to the bottom, the said tray presenting a throughway or channel extendingfrom end to end for receiving the printing plates or for allowing their passage therethrough.

when they are used in such a form of machine as will receive the plates directly from the tray.

In the drawings, a indicates the bottom .of the tray, and bthe upstanding side walls. At each end of the tray .we provide retaining or holding means for the lates consisting of the detents 31 forn ed of leaf springs having hook-shaped ends 33 presentingflaring receiving portions for the printing plates at the receiving end of the tray,

and presentin shoulders 34 for holding the plates when orced mto or placed w1thin the tray. These detents. are arranged in pairs at each end of the tray, and at the sides thereof, so that when a plate is forced into the tra it will strike theinclined surfaces- 33, an the detents will be forced apart toallow the passage of the plate into position within the tray, and either end of the tray may be usedas the receiving end. In some cases, the tray may be employed in a machine-having a holder provided with inclined surfaces to retract the detent means by the act of placing the tray in proper position either for the discharge of the plates therefrom or the entrance thereinto of the plates when fed thereto. The tray is also provided-with afollower shown in end elevation, Fig.- 4, and in bottom plan view, Fig. 3, the said follower having flanges 35 to move alon guideways or flanges 36 on the bottom of the tray or drawer. used in a machine in which mea-ns areprovided for forciblymoving the plates into the drawer, the said plates are pressed into the drawer against the resistanceof the. follower, so that each plate, when forced in, will be held in upright position by the fol lower or the preceding plate and the shoulder 34 of the retaining device.

It will be noticed that the follower is of less width than the distance between the sides of the tray, and also of less width than the distance between the inner points of the opposite detents, so that without spreading these detents the follower may freely pass the detents so that the tray may be packed full of lates from the shoulders 34 at one end to t e shoulders 34 at the other end of the tray, the plates being supported by the follower until the last plate is inserted. In. other words, the detents in no way interfere with the follower in performing its functions.

We claim as our invention:

- 1. A tray for holding address plates, comprising a bottom and upwardly extend ng sides, and having a throughw'ay from end to end with independently ielding retaining means at each end extending inwardly'from the sides and above the bottom, said tray being reversible end for end, substantially as olding positions, substantially as described.-

When

3. A tray for holding address plates set up on edge therein-comprising a bottom and upwardly extending S1dS and having a throughway from ,end to end with independently yielding retaining means. at each end extending inwardly from the sides to engage the ends of the upstanding address plates, said retaining means having outer inclines and shoulders on their inner sides, and said tray being reversible end for end, I substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES OWENS. ULYSSES G. LEE.

Witnesses for Charles Owens:

N. WQCHAPMAN, FRED H. HOLMES. Witnesses for Ulysses G. Lee:

PAUL VVAHLERs, A. GILLEAUDEAU. 

